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resilience for the Nation. Proposed riskreduction activities should advance 

landslide science and communication 

that underlie the priorities of the 

National Landslide Preparedness Act by 

focusing on landslide hazard planning, 

coordination, mapping, assessments, 

education, and outreach. The objectives 

are to provide grants on a competitive 

basis to state, territorial, local, and 

Tribal governments to research, map, 

assess, and collect data on landslide 

hazards within the jurisdictions of those 

governments. In response to our 

program announcements, applicants 

submit proposals in priority areas 

including (a) advancing landslide 

hazard mapping and assessments; (b) 

improving landslide hazard planning 

and coordination; and (c) improving the 

dissemination of landslide hazard 

information and its effectiveness in 

mitigating losses. This information is 

used as the basis for selection and 

award of projects meeting USGS 

Cooperative Landslide Hazard Mapping 

and Assessment Program priorities. 

Final grant close-out narrative reports 

are required for each funded proposal. 

Annual progress reports are required for 

awards that span more than two years. 

Final grant close-out narrative reports 

are made available to the public at 

https://www.usgs.gov/programs/ 

landslide-hazards/science/externalgrants-overview. 

Title of Collection: Landslide Hazards 

Risk Reduction Grants Program. 

OMB Control Number: 1028–NEW. 

Form Number: None. 

Respondents/Affected Public: state, 

territorial, local, and tribal governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: The USGS estimates that 

30 respondents will read the program 

announcement, 10 respondents will 

submit applications, and 10 respondents 

will submit semi-annual progress 

reports and a final technical report. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 10 applications; 10 semiannual progress reports, and 10 final 

technical reports. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: Read program announcement: 

1 hour; prepare applications: 40 hours; 

creating progress reports: 4 hours; 

producing the final technical report: 24 

hours. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 710 hours. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Response is 

voluntary but required to be eligible to 

receive funding. 

Frequency of Collection: Program 

announcements are published annually. 

Total Estimated Annual Non-hour 

Burden Cost: There are no non-hour cost 

burdens associated with this 

information collection. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, nor is a person is required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

The authority for this action is the 

PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Stephen L. Slaughter, 

Associate Program Coordinator for Landslide 

Hazards, Natural Hazards Mission Area, 

USGS. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02589 Filed 2–7–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4338–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Geological Survey 

[GX24MR00G6ZW800; OMB Control Number 

1028–NEW] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Panhandle Terrapin Project 

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), the U.S. Geological Survey 

(USGS) is proposing a new information 

collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before April 8, 

2024. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on 

this information collection request (ICR) 

by mail to USGS, Information 

Collections Officer, 12201 Sunrise 

Valley Drive, MS 159, Reston, VA 20192 

or by email to gs-info_collections@

usgs.gov. Please reference OMB Control 

Number 1028–NEW Panhandle Terrapin 

Project in the subject line of your 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Margaret Lamont by 

email at mlamont@usgs.gov or by 

telephone at 352–209–4306. Individuals 

in the United States who are deaf, 

deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a 

speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, 

TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point of 

contact in the United States. You may 

also view the ICR at http://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the PRA (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), all 

information collections require 

approval. As part of our continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burdens, we invite the 

public and other federal agencies to 

comment on new, proposed, revised, 

and continuing collections of 

information. This helps us assess the 

impact of our information collection 

requirements and minimize the public’s 

reporting burden. It also helps the 

public understand our information 

collection requirements and provide the 

requested data in the desired format. 

We are especially interested in public 

comment addressing the following: 

(1) Whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether or not the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden for this collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) How the agency might minimize 

the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of response. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. Before including your 

address, phone number, email address, 

or other personally identifiable 

information (PII) in your comment, you 

should be aware that your entire 

comment—including your PII—may be 

made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your PII from public review, 

we cannot guarantee that we will be 

able to do so. 

Abstract: The diamondback terrapin 

(Malaclemys terrapin) is a coastal turtle 

species that ranges along the U.S. coast 

from Massachusetts to Texas. As the 

only turtle species to live in brackish 

water (a mix of salt and fresh water), 

diamondback terrapins are typically 

found in habitats such as salt marshes, 

mangroves, estuaries, and bays. Their 

small size and cryptic coloring make 

locating terrapins difficult and, as such, 

terrapin populations often go 

undetected even within protected areas 

such as wildlife refuges and national 

parks. Because of this, there are large 

knowledge gaps about terrapin ecology. 

For example, the International Union for 

the Conservation of Nature did not 


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consider Northwest Florida to be part of 

the diamondback terrapin’s range, 

however new studies suggest that 

several relatively large populations 

inhabit this region. Since 2007, Florida 

Sea Grant has utilized citizen scientists 

to help locate terrapin nesting beaches 

in Northwest Florida. In 2017, the USGS 

partnered with Florida Sea Grant to 

expand these surveys. The new datacollection effort described here would 

support those surveys by providing an 

easily accessible, online data-collection 

method that would provide information 

on diamondback terrapin nesting 

activity and nesting habitat and 

potential anthropogenic threats at 

terrapin nesting sites. Citizens involved 

in the surveys receive training from 

Florida Sea Grant and the USGS prior to 

the start of the nesting season. 

Contributors are then assigned a survey 

route that is monitored weekly from 

April through October. When evidence 

of terrapin nesting activity is observed 

(e.g., a nesting terrapin, terrapin tracks, 

or eggshells), contributors would 

document the date, time, location, 

habitat, and environmental variables 

(including the presence of any invasive 

species), and the presence of predators 

and (or) potential anthropogenic threats 

(e.g., pets, garbage, or boats). Citizens 

also provide the date and time that their 

survey begins and ends, along with their 

initials and a way to contact them. 

Finally, monthly head count surveys are 

also conducted at each site which 

involves contributors sitting at the site 

for 30 minutes and documenting the 

number of terrapin heads that appear 

above the water’s surface during that 

time period. 

Title of Collection: Panhandle 

Terrapin Project. 

OMB Control Number: 1028–NEW. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: New. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 100. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 1,200. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: 60 minutes. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 1,200 hours. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: Weekly. 

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

Burden Cost: None. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, nor is a person required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

The authority for this action is the 

PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Margaret M. Lamont, 

Research Biologist, USGS Wetland and 

Aquatic Research Center. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

[245A2100DD/AAKC001030/ 

A0A501010.999900] 

Rate Adjustments for Indian Irrigation 

Projects 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs 

(BIA) owns or has an interest in 

irrigation projects located on or 

associated with various Indian 

reservations throughout the United 

States. We are required to establish 

irrigation assessment rates to recover the 

costs to administer, operate, maintain, 

and rehabilitate these projects. We 

request your comments on the proposed 

rate adjustments. 

DATES: Interested parties may submit 

comments on the proposed rate 

adjustments on or before April 8, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: All comments on the 

proposed rate adjustments must be in 

writing. You may send comments via 

email to comments@bia.gov. Please 

reference ‘‘Rate Adjustments for Indian 

Irrigation Projects’’ in the subject line. 

Or you may submit comments to the 

Program Specialist, Division of Water 

and Power, Office of Trust Services, 

2021 4th Avenue North, Billings, 

Montana 59101. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Leslie Underwood, Program Specialist, 

Division of Water and Power, Office of 

Trust Services, (406) 657–5985. For 

details about a particular irrigation 

project, please use the table in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section to 

contact the BIA regional or local office 

where the project is located. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The first 

table in this notice provides contact 

information for individuals who can 

give further information about the 

irrigation projects covered by this 

notice. The second table provides the 

proposed rates for calendar year (CY) 

2025 for all irrigation projects. 

What is the meaning of the key terms 

used in this notice? 

In this notice: 

Administrative costs mean all costs 

we incur to administer our irrigation 

projects at the local project level and are 

a cost factor included in calculating 

your operation and maintenance 

assessment. Costs incurred at the local 

project level do not normally include 

agency, region, or central office costs 

unless we state otherwise in writing. 

Assessable acre means lands 

designated by us to be served by one of 

our irrigation projects, for which we 

collect assessments in order to recover 

costs for the provision of irrigation 

service. (See also ‘‘total assessable 

acres.’’) 

BIA means the Bureau of Indian 

Affairs. 

Bill means our statement to you of the 

assessment charges and/or fees you owe 

the United States for administration, 

operation, maintenance, and/or 

rehabilitation. The date we mail or 

hand-deliver your bill will be stated on 

it. 

Costs means the costs we incur for 

administration, operation, maintenance, 

and rehabilitation to provide direct 

support or benefit to an irrigation 

facility. (See administrative costs, 

operation costs, maintenance costs, and 

rehabilitation costs). 

Customer means any person or entity 

to whom or to which we provide 

irrigation service. 

Due date is the date on which your 

bill is due and payable. This date will 

be stated on your bill. 

I, me, my, you and your mean all 

persons or entities that are affected by 

this notice. 

Irrigation project means a facility or 

portion thereof for the delivery, 

diversion, and storage of irrigation water 

that we own or have an interest in, 

including all appurtenant works. The 

term ‘‘irrigation project’’ is used 

interchangeably with irrigation facility, 

irrigation system, and irrigation area. 

Irrigation service means the full range 

of services we provide customers of our 

irrigation projects. This includes our 

activities to administer, operate, 

maintain, and rehabilitate our projects 

in order to deliver water. 

Maintenance costs means costs we 

incur to maintain and repair our 

irrigation projects and associated 

equipment and is a cost factor included 

in calculating your operation and 

maintenance assessment. 

Operation and maintenance (O&M) 

assessment means the periodic charge 

you must pay us to reimburse costs of 

administering, operating, maintaining, 

and rehabilitating irrigation projects 

consistent with this notice and our 

supporting policies, manuals, and 

handbooks. 


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